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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972274703321

Autore

Ormsbee J. Todd <1970->

Titolo

The meaning of gay : interaction, publicity, and community among homosexual men in 1960s San Francisco / / J. Todd Ormsbee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2010

ISBN

9786613911803

1-283-59935-X

0-7391-4471-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Disciplina

306.766209046

Soggetti

Gay community - California - San Francisco - History - 20th century

Gay culture - California - San Francisco - History - 20th century

Gay men - California - San Francisco - Social conditions - 20th century

Gay men - California - San Francisco - Social life and customs - 20th century

Gay community

Gay identity

San Francisco (Calif.) Social life and customs 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; San Francisco Gay Organizations, 1961-1 972; San Francisco Gay Publications, 1961-1 972; Preface; Introduction: Homosexuality and Meaning; 1: The Origins and Values of a Gay Male Public; 2: Sickness and Sin: Gay Men Confront Symbolic Domination; 3: Conflict over the Ends and Means of Gay Counter-Publicity; 4: The Struggle for a Gay Community; 5: The Meaning of Gay Sex: Intimacy, Love, and Friendship; 6: Gay Masculinities; 7: The Meaning of ""Gay""; Conclusion: Meaning, Desire, and the Future of ""Gay""

Appendix: San Francisco and the United States as Environment, 1961-1972Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The Meaning of Gay traces the conflicts among San Francisco's gay men and with the dominant society, describing the broad range of meanings they came to ascribe onto 'gayness' between 1962 and 1972.



Combining historical method, symbolic interaction, and the concerns of John Dewey's pragmatism, the book explains why gay men created the meanings they did and challenges the prevailing view that the 1960s was merely the transformation of an assimilationist gay politic into a radical one.